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JavaScript Date object is finally being replaced 😱

Random on April 29, 2025

The new Temporal API is coming to JavaScript and will make working with dates and times MUCH easier. Hello Dev’s its me Md Taqui Imam, So let's ex...
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Ben Sinclair

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Random

Got it 🙌

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Jon Randy 🎖️

It's not replacing anything

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Nevo David

about time honestly, dealing with dates always messed with my head

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Random

Totally get that—date stuff has a way of turning simple logic into a headache!

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Oluwatobi Adejoro • Edited

Kind of looking good, dealing with date sometimes mess with my knowledge

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Random

Yeah same for me 😅

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david duymelinck

It is an upcoming javascript feature. The library is to make it compatible with the javascript version in the browser or on the server.

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Random

It's a new JavaScript feature, and the library helps ensure it works smoothly across browsers and servers.

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Bharat D Bhadresha

First screenshot is incorrect, it should be of adding two dates but it's a copy of the second "comparing" screenshot.

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Random

Yeah, sorry for that. But i replaced it with the correct one.

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Eyal Shalev

This is just a polyfill library.

The proposal is still in stage 3, and it isn't supported by any production engine.